http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2009/02/17/podcast-43-phil-plait/ A blog devoted to freethought, atheism and skepticism. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:50:08 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2009/02/17/podcast-43-phil-plait/comment-page-1/#comment-3890 American Freethought » Blog Archive » Death from the Skies Fri, 20 Feb 2009 05:01:13 +0000 http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/?p=230#comment-3890 [...] Dr. Phil Plait to the rescue, if by “rescue” you mean telling us with geeky glee all the different ways the earth could be cooked, vaporized or shattered.  That’s the opening premise of Death from the Skies, the follow-up to his first book, the urban-legend-debunking Bad Astronomy (an extension of his urban-legend-debunking site BadAstronomy.com).  Plait is a professional astronomer who parlayed his love for blogging and explication to the masses into a paying gig as a pop-science writer and skeptical advocate.  While Death from the Skies has a cheesy title, and while most of the chapters open with detailed, hair-raising descriptions of, for example, exactly how you’d die from a massive meteor strike, he also describes, using words that everyday people can understand, the science behind it all.  What’s more, Plait points out when he’s indulging in extrapolation where the science is less solid or more controversial. [...] [...] Dr. Phil Plait to the rescue, if by “rescue” you mean telling us with geeky glee all the different ways the earth could be cooked, vaporized or shattered.  That’s the opening premise of Death from the Skies, the follow-up to his first book, the urban-legend-debunking Bad Astronomy (an extension of his urban-legend-debunking site BadAstronomy.com).  Plait is a professional astronomer who parlayed his love for blogging and explication to the masses into a paying gig as a pop-science writer and skeptical advocate.  While Death from the Skies has a cheesy title, and while most of the chapters open with detailed, hair-raising descriptions of, for example, exactly how you’d die from a massive meteor strike, he also describes, using words that everyday people can understand, the science behind it all.  What’s more, Plait points out when he’s indulging in extrapolation where the science is less solid or more controversial. [...]

]]> http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2009/02/17/podcast-43-phil-plait/comment-page-1/#comment-3889 Free thoughts | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine Thu, 19 Feb 2009 23:00:39 +0000 http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/?p=230#comment-3889 [...] was interviewed a little while ago by the American Freethought Podcast, and it’s now online (here’s the direct link to the MP3). As usual, I ramble on about topics skeptical, the IYA, [...] [...] was interviewed a little while ago by the American Freethought Podcast, and it’s now online (here’s the direct link to the MP3). As usual, I ramble on about topics skeptical, the IYA, [...]

]]> http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/2009/02/17/podcast-43-phil-plait/comment-page-1/#comment-3887 ddr Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:34:15 +0000 http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/?p=230#comment-3887 Its always fun to listen to Phil being interviewed. Its always fun to listen to Phil being interviewed.

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